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Anne O'Leary, the owner and manager of Four Star Pizza

SHE built her career the old-fashioned, way working her way up from waitress. Now Anne O’Leary owns and runs the Four Star Pizza franchising operation in Ireland.

O’Leary, 46, originally from Bray, waited tables while studying at the Dublin College of Catering in Cathal Brugha Street before working abroad for a few years when she had qualified. Returning to Ireland, she joined Campbell Catering as a supervisor, rising to area manager over the next eight years before joining Bewley’s as its operations manager for cafes in 1986.

That same year, the American owners of Four Star Pizza came to Ireland to set up a store in Ballsbridge, Dublin, with the intention of selling it to an Irish company, which they did two years later.

“I wouldn’t have had the money to purchase it at the time but four shareholders involved in Campbell Catering bought it and offered me 2.5% to